MILITARY PERSONNEL

Józef Poniatowski

1763 - 1813

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Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjuzɛf anˈtɔɲi pɔɲaˈtɔfskʲi]; 7 May 1763 – 19 October 1813) was a Polish general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. A nephew of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stanisław II August (r. 1764–1795), Poniatowski began his military career in 1780 in the Austrian army, where he attained the rank of colonel. In 1789, after leaving Austrian service, he joined the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army at the request of his uncle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Józef Poniatowski has received more than 565,561 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Józef Poniatowski is the 155th most popular military personnel (up from 176th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Austria (up from 113th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

Józef Poniatowski was a Polish nobleman and military commander who became the last king of Poland. He was the son of Polish king Stanislaus Poniatowski.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Józef Poniatowski ranks 155 out of 2,058. Before him are Ludwig Beck, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Chūichi Nagumo, Antipater, Paul Tibbets, and Pittacus of Mytilene. After him are Alfred von Schlieffen, Semyon Timoshenko, Abraha, Hermann Fegelein, Alexander Selkirk, and Joseph Joffre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Józef Poniatowski ranks 3. Before him are Empress Joséphine, and Charles XIV John of Sweden. After him are Jacques Charles, Jean Paul, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Claude Chappe, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Augustin Robespierre, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Kobayashi Issa, and Guillaume Brune. Among people deceased in 1813, Józef Poniatowski ranks 3. Before him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange, and Mikhail Kutuzov. After him are Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Empress Go-Sakuramachi, André Grétry, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Christoph Martin Wieland, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Tecumseh, and Rose Bertin.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Józef Poniatowski ranks 94 out of 1,424. Before him are Albert II of Germany (1397), Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (1584), Engelbert Dollfuss (1892), Theodoric the Great (454), Charles II, Archduke of Austria (1540), and Maximilian Schell (1930). After him are Milutin Milanković (1879), Fritz Pregl (1869), Heinrich Harrer (1912), Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738), and Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Józef Poniatowski ranks 2. Before him are Otto Skorzeny (1908). After him are Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (1886), Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643), Franz Stangl (1908), Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Lothar Rendulic (1887), Alois Brunner (1912), Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817), Gustav Wagner (1911), and Walter Nowotny (1920).

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